Posts tagged Listening to Music
How does our brain transform sound into emotion?

Listening to Music is a pleasurable activity whether we are skilled musicians or do not play an instrument or sing. Listening to Music can lift our emotions when we are down, can motivate us when we lack drive, can provide us with joy and excitement and connects with our inner being or our soul/spirit. This post explores why this is possible by exploring 6 different ways our brain transforms sound into emotions. It also explores the consequences involved in losing hearing on the emotions through the brain. It provides music examples for each of the 6 different ways the brain transforms sound into emotion.

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Why I love Music and teach it ( part 2)

.WHY I LOVE MUSIC AND TEACH IT  PART 2

In this 2-part series, I want to share with you more key reasons for loving and teaching Music including the connections between maths, science, physical education, languages and Music.

Read my post to find out how Music can be life changing for you and your emotions

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Why I love Music and teach it?

In this 2-part series, I want to share with you my reasons for loving and teaching Music. You can get to know me more in my About Me page. However, I want to share with you why I love Music and why I teach it.

Music is art in sound.  It is the art of communicating in silence and in sound to our emotions. Music has power since it has the power to transform and to heal our emotions.

Music is life where I can be a melody of rejoicing, a harmony to myself and to other people, a rhythm that makes my heart beat, a stable form on which to pin my life. As a Music Teacher, I love to be able to help my students learn the skills required so that they too can fall in love with Music.  Being able to play/sing music is totally engaging because it involves us physically, emotionally and spiritually. 

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